The Book oF Nod
By Sam Chupp, Andrew Greenberg, David D. Gragert (Editor)
Series: Vampire: The Masquerade

From the author, Sam Chupp: "I wrote all of the verse and the "academic commentary" in Book of Nod - not the stuff in the back... Let's see - some memories about writing The Book of Nod: I remember checking out a Hebrew Dictionary from the public library and reading what *it* had to say about the Caine/Abel situation, and structuring my re-write of the "Chronicle of Caine" that way. You can tell I was very influenced by the Hebrew midrash about Lilith, as well. I like Lilith as a figure, and t hought that the very male-oriented Vampire 'first myth' needed a female power figure. Who else but Lilith could give Caine (and thus all of the Kindred) his magical power? A lot of people have said they can't read the Malkavian page - the layout was done by Michele Prahler, who is an incredible graphic artist - she didn't really care one way or another whether you could read the text. The text is very silly, as you can imagine - Malkavians themselves being quite insane, Malkav was pretty much off his rocker already when he wrote it. Anyway, I heartily recommend the Book of Nod - it is one of my works that I really enjoy looking at again and again - I can't take credit for the excellent development that Andrew Greenberg did nor for the wonderful art and layout, but I do take credit for the words of the verse. Anyway - even if you are just into Goth stuff, you'll probably get a kick out of it. I've even heard somebody started a "Church of Nod", a thought which is enough to occasionally contribute to sleepless nights." (from Amazon.com)